Blue Ribbon Comics #20

(January 1942)

[Rescue on Devil's Island] (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Flag / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Lin Streeter (signed as Lin)

Inks

Lin Streeter (signed as Lin)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]: Jeffrey Flynn; Captain Von Schrag (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

Captain Flag & his pet eagle Tang head for Devil's Island to rescue a young newspaperman he had encouraged to go there to dig up a story on the Nazis responsible for torturing people there.

Reprints

• in Blue Ribbon Fanzine (Mike Bromberg, 2005 series) #2 (March 2006)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich (September 1, 2007).

[The Sinister Senator Snazzle] (Table of Contents: 2)

Rang-A-Tang / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

animal

Characters

Senator Snazzle (villain, introduction); Bundists (villain, introduction); Mrs. Snazzle (introduction, death); J. J. Smith (introduction, death)

[Department Store Death] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Fox / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Bob Montana (signed)

Inks

Bob Montana (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

John Grant (villain, introduction); a window dresser (villain, introduction); Nibbs (introduction, death)

[Courier Mission to Russia] (Table of Contents: 4)

Corporal Collins / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Shorten

Pencils

Carl Hubbell (signed)

Inks

Carl Hubbell (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war; military

Characters

Sgt. Boyle; Capt. Twerp; The Nazis (villain); General Psvov (introduction)

Indexer Notes

continued from PEP COMICS #22

[The Cannibals' Dinner Dance] (Table of Contents: 5)

Ty-Gor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Bob Montana (signed)

Inks

Bob Montana (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Junior DeSnook; Captain Plug Nickel; The cannibal tribe (villain)

Keywords

cannibal

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Ty-Gor" feature.

[The Future Bubble] (Table of Contents: 6)

Tales from the Witch's Cauldron / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Phillips (signed as J. S. Phillips)

Inks

Jim Phillips (signed as J. S. Phillips)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Witch (introduction); John (introduction, death); Mary (introduction, death)

[Attack on Gibraltar] (Table of Contents: 7)

Loop Logan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

The Nazis (villain)

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Loop Logan" feature.
Originally credited to Frank Volpe, but not him. It is the same unknown artist that made some Fran Frazer and Zambini stories. Notice very narrow and pointed ears.

[The Coming of the Gargoyle] (Table of Contents: 8)

Mr. Justice / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)

Inks

Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. Justice; The Gargoyle (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Kuntz (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

A group of German archaeologists enter a cave looking for artifacts, and discover a hideous gargoyle, who springs to life when it comes into contact with the blood with one of them. The gargoyle then becomes that madman's servant, killing and maiming...until Mr. Justice comes along.

Reprints

• in Blue Ribbon Fanzine (Mike Bromberg, 2005 series) #2 (March 2006)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich (September 1, 2007).